has done he has accomplished, despite the handicaps of ill 

 health and abject initial poverty. And he assures others^ 

 if they have the will^ patience^ and persistence^ they can 

 reach the heights he has attained. 



Tributes by Contemporary Scientists 



The ardent admirers of Burbank are legion. He is one 

 of America's most beloved and notable figures^ and not 

 only as a plant breeder^ but as a scientist of first rank and 

 a great public benefactor. 



The following appreciations by several eminent contem- 

 porary scientists have special value coming as they do from 

 men supremely qualified to judge or to give praise: 

 DR, HUGO DE VRIES, 

 Botanist of the University of Amsterdam. 



*'A unique, great genius ! To see him was the prime 

 reason of my coming to America. He works to definite 

 ends. He ought to be not only cherished but helped. 

 He should be as well known and as widely appreci- 

 ated in California as among scientific men in Europe." 

 DR. VERNON KELLOGG, 



Internationally Famous Geologist and Naturalist. 



'*The final and most important factor of Burbank's 

 success is the inherent personal genius of the man, his 

 innate sympathy with nature^ aided by the practical 

 education in plant biology derived from years of 

 constant study and experiment which enable him to 

 perceive correlations and outcomes of plant growth 

 which seem to have been visible to no other man." 



DAVID STARR JORDAN, 

 President of Stanford University. 



"I have called Burbank a botanist because he is 

 one in the highest^ the original meaning of the word. 

 Burbank's special field is that of plant genetics ; here 

 he is artist as well as scientist. Academic^ no — ^but 

 science is not necessarily bred in the academy. In the 

 application of a knowledge of heredity to the art to 

 which it gives rise in the plant worlds his supremacy 

 is unchallenged.'' 



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